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Thousands of snowboarders will shortly be trying to find their ski equipment and scooting away hunting for the heaviest snow. And beyond any doubt the results of your carbon footprint will be roughly as far down the list of holiday musts as a xmas tree after Christmas. Merely last year, a sluggish snow made the the headlines and tourists were panic stricken about the bits of snow disappearing nearly as soon as they put down.

Skiing organisation Chalet 1802, located at the bottom of Mount Blanc in Chamonix Haute Savoie in the French Alps, is one of the only autonomous firms to go carbon negative and offer snowboarders an environmentally friendly selection while booking their skiing trip. Chalet 1802 proprietor Eldrian said: Last season was quite a surprise with the warmest winter in fifty yrs in the French Alps. Ski ski fields such as Espace Killy, Alpe d’Huez and Les Contamines-Montjoie lacked clients.It was temperate and the snowfall did not last so much of the early season skiing season in the French Alps was limited. We chose to become carbon neutral to help preserve the snowboarding resort.

Eldrian said: We’re not assaying to dictate to clients only I consider its all important to give the clients the selection without raising the price of the trip. If the guest book with us and vacations in our skiing chalet they may more than off-set their carbon footprint and we soak up the additional costs. Naturally we still have a sauna and a hot tub – customers wish for opulence but not at the expense of the surroundings, so we considered methods of diminishing the impact of a skier flying over here for a skiing holiday.”

Chalet 1802 have also partnered with group Climate Care, who attacks global warming by making carbon dioxide reductions for people and businesses.